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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 SENATE
4 Senate Resolution No. 80
5 Offered by Senators O'Malley and Burzynski
6 WHEREAS, At the present time, there is limited access to
7 dental care for people who are covered by the public aid
8 system; and
9 WHEREAS, The availability of dental services is a
10 necessity and should be available to all citizens, regardless
11 of economic situation; and
12 WHEREAS, With many new, young dentists opening practices
13 and struggling to repay their student loans, it has been
14 suggested that a program could be instituted in which
15 dentists would treat public aid recipients; in return for
16 their dental services, the State would credit the dentists
17 for the dental services they provided and would submit a
18 predetermined payment to the financial institution holding
19 those dentists' student loans; and
20 WHEREAS, This program would be initiated throughout the
21 State and would benefit the dentists, public aid patients,
22 and the State budget; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a Task Force is
25 hereby established to study the feasibility of legislation
26 that would allow public aid patients to receive quality,
27 basic dental services and, in return, the student loans of
28 the dentists providing these services would be reduced; and
29 be it further
30 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be made up of 11
31 members: one member appointed by the President of the Senate
32 to serve as chairperson; one member appointed by the Senate
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1 Minority Leader; one member appointed by the Director of the
2 Department of Public Aid; one member appointed by the
3 Director of the Department of Revenue; one member appointed
4 by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; 3
5 representatives of the dentistry profession appointed by the
6 chairperson, one of whom is a recent graduate of dental
7 school; and 3 representatives with a knowledge of tax or
8 finance appointed by the chairperson; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the chairperson of the Task Force shall
10 invite participation from the Internal Revenue Service and a
11 representative of the Illinois Congressional delegation; and
12 be it further
13 RESOLVED, That meetings of the Task Force shall be
14 convened at the call of the chair and shall be open to the
15 public; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That Task Force members shall not receive any
17 compensation for performing their duties; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings
19 and recommendations to the members of the Illinois Senate no
20 later than January 1, 2000; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
22 forwarded to the Director of the Department of Public Aid,
23 the Director of the Department of Revenue and the Illinois
24 Student Assistance Commission.
25 Adopted by the Senate, April 26, 1999.
26 _______________________ _______________________
27 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate
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